Image Capture for Virtual Reality Displays

1. A tiled camera array, comprising: a framework comprising an imaging surface; a first plurality of cameras arranged, with a first density, in a first tiled array on the imaging surface, wherein each camera of the first plurality of cameras comprises a first resolution; and a second plurality of cameras arranged, with a second density, in a second tiled array on the imaging surface, wherein each camera of the second plurality of cameras comprises a second resolution; wherein: the first tiled array is interspersed among the second tiled array; the first resolution is greater than the second resolution; the second density is greater than the first density; and the first plurality of cameras and the second plurality of cameras cooperate with each other to capture a light-field volume within an environment, wherein a plurality of subviews are captured by each camera in the first and second plurality of cameras and a confidence map of a tertiary subview of the plurality of subviews is used to generate a virtual view by selecting, for inclusion in the virtual view, one or more regions of the tertiary subview having a higher confidence in the confidence map than corresponding regions of a second confidence map.

2. The tiled camera array of claim 1 , further comprising a processor configured to use the light-field volume to generate a virtual view depicting the environment from a virtual viewpoint.

3. The tiled camera array of claim 1 , wherein the first tiled array comprises a first hexagonal lattice.

4. The tiled camera array of claim 3 , wherein the second tiled array comprises a second hexagonal lattice that is denser than the first hexagonal lattice, the second tiled array defining a first plurality of spaced-apart voids that accommodate the first hexagonal lattice.

5. The tiled camera array of claim 4 , further comprising a third plurality of cameras arranged, with a third density, in a third tiled array on the imaging surface, wherein each camera of the third plurality of cameras comprises a third resolution.

6. The tiled camera array of claim 5 , wherein: the first and second tiled arrays are interspersed among the third tiled array; the second resolution is greater than the third resolution; the third density is greater than the second density; and the third plurality of cameras is configured to cooperate with the first plurality of cameras and the second plurality of cameras to capture the light-field volume.

7. The tiled camera array of claim 6 , wherein the third tiled array comprises a third hexagonal lattice that is denser than the second hexagonal lattice, the third tiled array defining a second plurality of spaced-apart voids that accommodate the second hexagonal lattice.

8. The tiled camera array of claim 1 , wherein the imaging surface comprises a hexagonal shape.

9. A method, comprising: arranging a first plurality of cameras of a tiled camera array with a first density in a first tiled array on an imaging surface of a framework, wherein each camera of the first plurality of cameras comprises a first resolution; and arranging a second plurality of cameras the tiled camera array with a second density, in a second tiled array on the imaging surface, wherein each camera of the second plurality of cameras comprises a second resolution; and interspersing the first tiled array among the second tiled array, wherein: the first resolution is greater than the second resolution; the second density is greater than the first density; and the first plurality of cameras and the second plurality of cameras cooperate with each other to capture a light-field volume within an environment, wherein a plurality of subviews are captured by each camera in the first and second plurality of cameras and a confidence map of a tertiary subview of the plurality of subviews is used to generate a virtual view by selecting, for inclusion in the virtual view, one or more regions of the tertiary subview having a higher confidence in the confidence map than corresponding regions of a second confidence map.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: configuring a processor of the tiled camera array to use the light-field volume to generate a virtual view depicting the environment from a virtual viewpoint.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first tiled array comprises a first hexagonal lattice.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second tiled array comprises a second hexagonal lattice that is denser than the first hexagonal lattice, the second tiled array defining a first plurality of spaced-apart voids that accommodate the first hexagonal lattice.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tiled camera array further comprises a third plurality of cameras arranged, with a third density, in a third tiled array on the imaging surface, wherein each camera of the third plurality of cameras comprises a third resolution.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: interspersing the first and second tiled arrays among the third tiled array, wherein: the second resolution is greater than the third resolution; the third density is greater than the second density; and the third plurality of cameras is configured to cooperate with the first plurality of cameras and the second plurality of cameras to capture the light-field volume.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the third tiled array comprises a third hexagonal lattice that is denser than the second hexagonal lattice, the third tiled array defining a second plurality of spaced-apart voids that accommodate the second hexagonal lattice.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the imaging surface comprises a hexagonal shape.